the suns are supposed to have agreed to a buyout because they need to cut salary.. sarver is dying financially and is trying to save every penny he can while still hoping to keep nash, the money they save on the buyout will allow the suns to offer nash a contract extension.. shaq's agent is saying the lakers would be willing to offer a vets min to bring shaq on board is he was available... obviously they can't say we're doing this because it's tampering but it's looking like it's a done deal, just waiting for the off season to begin...

that makes a LOT more sense as i piece together what i read earlier... thanks for the clarification. i am not sure how comfortable i am about it, so i guess we can debate that to death here.